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Master Cornhill

by Eloise Jarvis McGraw · 1973 · 224 pages

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Victim of both the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London, a homeless, penniless eleven-year-old must decide what direction his life should take.

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Genre
historical fictionadventure
Themes
childhoodhistory
Setting
londonengland
Subject
history
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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